We will show that in zero magnetic field the rate of the geometric spin dephasing of a light hole in two-dimensional nanostructures is equal to the rate of the one-dimensional orientational relaxation of its crystal momentum. In contrast, this process is singularly ineffective for heavy holes.
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0505656,
title = {Geometric dephasing of holes in two-dimensional nanostructures},
author = {Yuri A. Serebrennikov},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0505656},
year = {2007}
}